Staff profile

Dr Ben C Ong

Senior Lecturer, Subject Coordinator for PSY2PRM

Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering

School of Psychological Science
Department of Psychology

Biological Sciences 2 Building, room 119, Melbourne (Bundoora)

 

Qualifications

BSc UTAS, PhD, GradDip CompSc LTU

Area of study

Psychology

Brief profile

I graduated from La Trobe University in 1981 and worked in computer science and statistical computing before returning to teach research methods in 1994. My research interests are in the areas of Working Memory and Prospective Memory (aging, clinical syndromes)  

Research interests

Cognitive and developmental psychology

- cognitive and memory deficits in aging and disease populations

Teaching units

I teach psychological research methods and statistical data analysis.

Recent publications

Delprado, J., Kinsella, G., Ong, B., & Pike, K. (2012). Naturalistic Measures of Prospective Memory in Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment. Psychology and Aging. doi: 10.1037/a0029785

Hutchens, R.L., Kinsella, G.J., Ong, B., Pike, K.E., Parsons, S., Storey, E., Ames, D., Saling, M.M., Mullaly, E., Rand, E., & Clare, L. (2012). Knowledge and Use of Memory Strategies in Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment. Psychology and Aging, 27, 768-777. doi: 10.1037/a0026256.

Dridan, B., Ong, B., Lloyd, S., Evans, L., & Crowe, S. (2012). The Simple Copy Task: Detecting higher order visual processing deficits in schizophrenia, dementia, and movement disorder groups. Australian Psychologist. doi: 10.1111/j.1742-9544.2012.00067.

Price, S.E., Kinsella, G.J., Ong, B., Storey, E., Mullaly, E., Phillips, M., Pangnadasa-Fox, L., Perre, (2012). Semantic Verbal Fluency Strategies in Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment. Neuropsychology. 26, 490-497. doi: 10: 1037/a0028567.

Delprado, J., Kinsella, G., Ong, B., & Pike, K., Ames, D., Storey, E., Saling, M., Clare, L., Mullaly, E., & Rand, E. (2012). Clinical Measures of Prospective Memory in Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment. J. International Neuropsychological Society, 18, 295-304. doi:10.1017/S135561771100172X.

Goldstone, E., Farhall. J. & Ong, B. (2012). Modelling the emergence of hallucinations - early acquired vulnerabilities, proximal life stressors and maladaptive psychological processes. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 47, 1367-1380. doi: 10.1007/s00127-011-0446-9.

Pike, K.E., Kinsella, G.J., Ong, B., Mullaly, E., Rand, E., Storey, E., Ames, D., Saling, M., Clare, L., & Parsons, S. (2012). Names and Numberplates: Quasi-everyday associative memory tasks for distinguishing amnestic mild cognitive impairment from healthy ageing. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology. doi:10.1080/13803395.2011.633498.

Hutchens, R.L., Kinsella, G.J., Ong, B., Pike, K.E., Parsons, S., Storey, E., Ames, D., Saling, M.M., Mullaly, E., Rand, E., Clare, L. (accepted 29 Sep 2011). Knowledge and Use of Memory Strategies in Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment. Psychology and Aging.

Trickey, M.L., Farhall, J., Wertheim, E.H., Hinch, C., & Ong, B. (2011). An examination of the relationships among emotion management, interpersonal hassles and depressive symptomatology. Aust. Journal of Psychology, 63, 100-106.

Goldstone, E., Farhall, J., & Ong, B. (2011). Life hassles, experiential avoidance and distressing delusional experiences. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 44, 260-266.

Goldstone, E., Farhall, J., & Ong, B.  (2011). Synergistic pathways to delusions: Enduring vulnerabilities, proximal life stressors and maladaptive psychological coping. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 5, 122-131.

Prior, M., Bavin, E., &  Ong, B. (2011).  Predictors of school readiness in five -to six -year old children from an Australian longitudinal community sample. Educational Psychology, 31, 3-16.

Price, S.E., Kinsella, G.J., Ong, B., Mullaly, E., Phillips, M., Pangnadasa-Fox, L., Perre, D. & Storey, E. (2010). Learning and Memory in Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment: Contribution of Working Memory. J. International Neuropsychological Society, 16, 342-351.

Kinsella, G.J., Ong, B., & Tucker, J. (2009). Traumatic Brain Injury and Prospective Memory in a Virtual Shopping Trip: Does it matter who generates the task? Brain Impairment, 10, 45-51.

Kinsella, G.J., Mullaly, E., Rand, E., Ong, B., Burton, C., Price, S., Phillips, M., & Storey, E (2009). Early Intervention for Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Randomised Controlled Trial. J. Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 80, 730-736.

Andrew, M., Farhall, J., Ong, B. & Waddell, F. (2009) Perceptions of mental health professionals and family caregivers about their collaborative relationships: A factor analytic study. Australian Psychologist, 44, 94-104.

Will, C. M., Rendell, P. G. Ozgis, S., Pierson, J. M., Ong, B., & Henry, J. D. (2009). Cognitively impaired older adults exhibit comparable difficulties on naturalistic and laboratory prospective memory tasks. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 23, 804-812.

Galloway, G., Mitchell, R., Getz, D., Crouch, G., & Ong, B. (2008). Sensation seeking and the prediction of attitudes and behaviours of wine tourists. Tourism Management. 29, 950-966.

Germano, C., Kinsella, G.J., Storey, E., Ong, B., & Ames, D. (2008). The episodic buffer and learning in early Alzheimer’s disease. J.Clinical & Experimental Neuropsychology. 30(6), 627-638.

Ramsden, C.M., Kinsella, G.J., Ong, B., & Storey, E. (2008). Performance of Everyday Actions in mild Alzheimer’s Disease. Neuropsychology, 22, 17-26.

Mandalis, A., Kinsella, G.J., Ong, B. & Anderson, V. (2007). Working Memory and New Learning following Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury. Developmental Neuropsychology, 32, 683-701.

Kinsella, G.J., Ong, B., Storey, E., Wallace, J., & Hester, R.L. (2007).Elaborated Spaced-Retrieval and Prospective Memory in Mild Alzheimer’s Disease. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 17(6), 688-706.

Goff, D.A., Pratt, C., & Ong, B. (2005). The Relations between Children’s Reading Comprehension, Working Memory, Language Skills and Components of Reading Decoding in a Normal Sample. Reading & Writing, 18, 583-616.

Bennett, P., Ong, B., & Ponsford, J.  (2005). Assessment of executive dysfunction following traumatic brain injury: Comparison of the BADS with other clinical neuropsychological measures. J. International Neuropsychological Society, 11(5), 606-613.

Bennett, P.C., Ong, B., & Ponsford, J. (2005).   Measuring executive dysfunction in an acute rehabilitation setting: Using the dysexecutive questionnaire (DEX).  J. International Neuropsychological Society, 11(4), 376-385.

Research projects

G.Kinsella, E.Storey, D. Ames, & B.Ong (2009-2011). Early intervention for amnestic mild cognitive impairment: A randomized trial of memory management (NHMRC, $551,452)

G.Kinsella, J.Olver, T.Kossman & B.Ong (2007-2009). Traumatic Brain Injury in Older Adults: Does Age matter? (Victorian Neurotrauma Initiative, $303,000).

E.Wertheim, A.Love, B.Wright, B.Ong (2007). Ethics and Professional Issues for Psychologists (La Trobe University Grants for Development of Online Units, $57,656).